miniseries

[min-ee-seer-eez]

noun

plural

miniseries 

1. a short series of events or presentations.

2. Television.,  a program or film broadcast in parts, as the dramatization of a literary work.

   The novel was made into a four-part miniseries.

miniseries

/ ˈmɪnɪˌsɪəriːz /

noun

1. a television programme in several parts that is shown on consecutive days or weeks for a short period

Word History and Origins

Origin of miniseries¹

First recorded in 1970–75; mini- + series

Example Sentences

The show initially aired from 1992 to 2005, before a 20th anniversary special miniseries in 2012.

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The murders were the basis for Jon Krakauer’s 2003 bestselling book ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’, and a 2022 miniseries starring Andrew Garfield.

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Noting the show’s timely themes, Times television critic Robert Lloyd called it a “perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries” in his review.

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Right before “Frankenstein,” Elordi had been shooting Prime’s World War II miniseries “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” in Australia, an experience he describes as “grueling,” one that involved losing substantial weight.

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Hulu’s new miniseries dramatizes the real-life case of the Murdaughs, a powerful South Carolina legal family that was involved in a boat crash, a pair of murders and financial crimes.

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